Despite Gerd's many benefits, countries like Egypt and Sudan are not happy about the dam's near completion with the water usage taken from the Nile River being the main concern. Egypt's foreign ...

Nile basin ministers’ tour of mega Ethiopian dam leaves sour taste for Egypt Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia | RONALD ...

The dam spans the Nile’s mightiest tributary ... put it in simpler terms: “The Nile River must not be monopolized by one state. For Egypt, the Nile water is an existential matter.” ...

Then came the dam, which officially opened after more ... describing how the Nile was tamed. The river is formed by its two tributaries, the Blue Nile, originating from Lake Tana in Ethiopia ...

For instance, Satellite data and hydrological models were used to monitor the water quality of the Grand Ethiopian ...

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is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River. The dam is in Guba, in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 9 miles east of the border with Sudan. Constructed between 2011 and 2023 ...

Water Ministers, diplomats and journalists from the Nile Basin countries have paid a visit to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as part of the Nile Day event held in Addis Ababa (ENA).

Egypt on Tuesday expressed interest in resuming negotiations with Ethiopia to reach an agreement on a major dam project ... on the Blue Nile, a main tributary of the Nile River.

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) was built on the Blue Nile and is Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. Once completed, the dam aims to power millions of homes, increase economic growth ...